Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Broadway Joe Meets The Doomsday Defense

Life must have been a lot different in the NFL when the drug of choice was cocaine rather than steroids. The so-called Doomsday defense of the 1976-1982 Dallas Cowboys looks more like bag boys at the grocery store these days than the hulking 300 pound monsters of the modern NFL. None of that has very much to do with today's poem, which comes from a notebook circa 2005. I'm going to make one last effort at making it into something presentable. It's titled either Broadway Joe Meets the Doomsday Defense, or the opposite of that, although I'm not even sure Joe Namath ever played against this defense.The Doomsday Defense Meets Broadway JoeI have acquired a piece of youA controlling interestI have leverage nowAnd confederates on the boardI have a piece of you now I wearAs costume jewelrySomething gaudy and gaucheThat makes your tight endWink at me in the huddleI've stolen your playbookAnd I know you're about toRun a two minute drillDon't bother...(And that's where I need a big finisher.) Maybe I should consult Broadway Joe